The typical Brit has approximately six different passwords and seven in 10 struggle to remember them.

In fact, Brits have to request a new password every other month on average because they keep forgetting them, while a third of respondents resort to writing their passwords down.

Eight in 10 of those polled said they use the autofill option “purely for speed and convenience” while half say it’s “annoying to continually type passwords in.”

On why they find it difficult to remember passwords, over half of respondents blamed websites which force them to use “strange characters” or numbers.

Over a third of UK adults struggle because they try to have a different password for each website they log in to. In addition to the wealth of private and financial information potentially available to opportunistic thieves, the device itself isn’t cheap - being worth £194.09 on average.

Despite this, little more than three in 10 people have insured their phone or tablet.

And less than a quarter of those surveyed have activated the “find my phone/tablet” function enabling them to track their device if lost or stolen.

While just a fifth of respondents have installed security software on their phone.

Cam Le added: “Given the sheer number of often complicated passwords we have to remember, it’s perfectly understandable many of us pre-store login details.

“But in light of the results of our study we’d advise people to be a bit more selective with the websites where they choose to do this.

“We’d particularly recommend people memorise passwords for sites where they have saved financial information.

“Sites that don’t reveal any potentially sensitive data are lower risk. Hopefully with this middle ground, people can still enjoy a comfortable and safe environment online.”